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How do I become an interpreter?<\/h1><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Interpreter training<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Translat<\/mark>ing & Interpreting<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Students can choose from one of two specialisations:
– translation<\/strong><\/a> (written communications)
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– interpreting<\/strong><\/a> (verbal communications).
Interpreting programs often last three years.
 
Warning! A translation degree is not the same thing as an interpretation degree!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Interpreting school requir<\/mark>ements<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Before you can apply to sit the entrance exam at an interpreting school<\/strong>, such as ESIT or ISIT in Paris or FTI in Geneva, you must first fulfil the following requirements:
 
Flawless mastery of your native (A) language;
 
Excellent mastery of an active foreign (B) language;
 
Perfect comprehension of a third (C) language;
 
Well-rounded education;
 
University degree.
 
Additionally, you must show proof that you have spent a significant amount of time abroad in countries where your foreign languages<\/strong> are spoken.
 
Once you pass the entrance exam<\/strong>, you can begin your studies of simultaneous and consecutive interpretation techniques. These programs last between one and three years.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our interpreters testimonials<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Gillian, English-French interpreter<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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To be honest, it was always a dream of mine to become an interpreter.
 
I loved learning foreign languages at school, even teaching myself Swahili during one long summer holiday, and interpreting seemed to sum up all the mystery and excitement that foreign languages<\/strong> held for me.
 
I finally got to achieve my dream in my mid thirties. After having three children, I decided that I needed a job so why not at least try to do what I had always yearned to do?
 
It took three years of evening classes and non stop hard work and practice at the same time as I was bringing up the family, with luckily the unfailing support of my husband, but in 1996 I got my coveted diploma from one of the top interpreting schools in Paris.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tania, Spanish-French-English Interpreter<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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I have always had an aptitude for languages and an interest for intercultural exchanges. While Spanish is my mother tongue, I have been exposed to foreign languages and cultures from a very young age. As a teenager I could already speak English, French, Italian and Portuguese<\/strong>.

 When I was 14 years old I attended a guided visit to the United Nations Headquarters in New York where I discovered its role in maintaining international peace and security, in promoting social progress and human rights. That visit triggered my decision to become a conference interpreter<\/strong><\/a> and translator.I have always had an aptitude for languages and an interest for intercultural exchanges. While Spanish is my mother tongue, I have been exposed to foreign languages and cultures from a very young age. As a teenager I could already speak English, French, Italian and Portuguese<\/strong>.
 
I was already involved in different activities related to the Civil Society and I was often required for my linguistic skills. Therefore I started to curtail my projects and studies in that direction.

I attended Bologna University in Italy, the Sorbonne in France, as well as Vigo and Barcelona Universities in Spain. I spent some time working in London, which allowed me to carry out a full immersion in those countries.
 
After graduation, I moved to France to complete a postgraduate course at ISIT in Paris. 
Upon completion of my training I was selected for an internship, to work for the NOC of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens as an interpreter.
When I returned to Paris I chose the private sector to launch my career because it exposed me to a wide range of fields.

I attended Bologna University in Italy, the Sorbonne in France, as well as Vigo and Barcelona Universities in Spain. I spent some time working in London, which allowed me to carry out a full immersion in those countries.
 
After graduation, I moved to France to complete a postgraduate course at ISIT in Paris.
Upon completion of my training I was selected for an internship, to work for the NOC of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens as an interpreter.

Currently I work at high-level as a translator and interpreter for different international organisations (such as the UNESCO, WHO, the OECD or UN agencies), ministries (Foreign Affairs, Education, Justice, Transport, etc.), embassies, government agencies and multinational companies. I also collaborate with many international NGOs on a voluntary basis and I am a member of the International Association of Conference Interpreters<\/a> (AIIC).
 
What I like most from my job<\/strong> is working in so many different contexts and with so many different people, touching very different fields of expertise and adapting to all of them. I enjoy acting as a bridge between different cultures and I feel interpreting makes me learn a great deal every day. Even though it has different drawbacks, such as the uncertainty of what\u2019s going to happened next and travelling so much, I do love my job.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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